Those About To Die explores the epic insights of the historical arena of the Roman Empire.
Created by Academy Award-nominated writer Robert Rodat and inspired by Daniel P. Mannix’s nonfiction book of the same name, the series has immersed viewers into the spectacular, complex, and corrupt world of chariot racing and gladiatorial fights in ancient Rome.
The centre of the Roman Empire was the wealthiest city in the world, and there was a heavy influx of slave labourers from the growing empire to take over the work. Those About to Die delved into the world of the games, characterised by bloodlust, greed for money, the pursuit of power, and corruption.
Four Patrician-owned corporations, the Blue, Red, White, and Green factions, controlled the races at Circus Maximus. As the populace’s taste in entertainment became more jaded, a specially designed stadium for gladiatorial combat was needed—the Colosseum.
The Colosseum’s scale and the gladiatorial and animal combats were enormous, like the underworld with the flourishing betting business.
Starring Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, King Lear) as Emperor Vespasian, Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) as Tenax, Tom Hughes (The English, Victoria) as Titus Flavianus, Sara Martins (Tell No One, Death in Paradise) as Cala, and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Game of Thrones) as Viggo, Jojo Macari (Sex Education) as Domitian, Gabriella Pession (Crossing Lines) as Antonia, Dimitri Leonidas (Rosewater, Renegades) as Scorpus, Emilio Sakraya (60 Minuten, Rheingold, 4 Blocks) as Xenon, Moe Hashim (Ted Lasso) as Kwame, Rupert Penry Jones (Whitechapel) as Marsus and others.
The historical drama series from director Roland Emmerich launched exclusively on Prime Video on the 19th of July.
